Cycling: Sir Bradley Wiggins out of Tour de France squad

Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins says he will not be taking part in this year's Tour de France "as things stand". The 34-year-old four-time Olympic gold winner triumphed in the Tour in 2012, but was absent last year as countryman and Team Sky colleague Chris Froome won the race. Wiggins said: "The team is focused around Chris Froome. I am gutted. I've worked extremely hard for this throughout the winter and up to the summer. I feel I am in the form I was two years ago. But I also understand that cycling is a team sport and it is all about Team Sky winning and Chris is defending champion." Wiggins and Froome are racing in different warm-up events ahead of the Tour de France, which starts in Yorkshire on 5 July. Froome, aged 29, competes in the famous Criterium du Dauphine, a race he won in 2013. Wiggins, who also won the Dauphine in 2011 and 2012 before becoming the first British Tour de France winner, will race in the Tour of Switzerland. Here are the current outright Tour de France odds at Bet365: Chris Froome - 4/5 Alberto Contador - 11/5 Vincenzo Nibali - 7/1 Alejandro Valverde - 14/1 Richie Porte - 28/1